Sentences with phrase «country road races»

The next racer on our list features a great collection of awesome automobiles that are ripe for cross country road races.

Racing two hundred other drivers in a cross country road race is fun, especially during the instances in which you'll have to battle highway traffic as well as your opponents.

Not exact matches

Only a handful of cities, starting with Beijing four months ago, were allowed to pilot road tests, but the country hopes to keep pace with the U.S. in the global race to develop autonomous vehicles.

Even after the Tour du Vietnam, a country - long road race, died out more than a decade ago, South Vietnamese cyclists continued to compete internationally, and this January the Saigon government revived the Tour.

That race was the start of Major Taylor's riding career, and after five years of highly successful amateur road and track racing in various parts of the country, he turned professional and made his debut in the old Madison Square Garden.

That's a mistake, because one is more likely to turn on the race and see the peloton curving around a rond - point on a road somewhere in flyover country.

In an unlikely but splendid setting on the outskirts of Austin in the Texas Hill Country, Circuit of the Americas — a $ 450 million, state - of - the - art, 3.4 - mile, 20 - turn road course — played rootin» - tootin» host to the world's most popular racing series.

The 15 - kilometer Midland Run in lush New Jersey horse country attracted the finest road - racing field in history.

The narrow, serpentine home - country roads he knows well could make a dozen fabulous race courses.

The most common types of athletics competitions are track and field, road running, cross country running, and race walking.

«I used to race go - karts ata road course in Bogotà [Colombia, his native country], and after the racesfive - year - old Juan Pablo would be waiting for me.

The spring and autumn seasons concentrate on the big road races, including the BUPA Great North Run and Flora London Marathon, while the long winter campaign looks toward the cross country season and the exciting indoor campaign.

Lebanon, Ohio (CNN)- The Republican Governors Association (RGA) took its cross-country road show to Ohio on Friday to stir up support for GOP gubernatorial nominee John Kasich, whose fight against Democratic Gov. Ted Strickland has become one of the closest and most unpredictable races in the country.

Cape Town, South Africa About Blog Coach Dion is a passionate runner with over 850 Road Race and over 100 Cross Country and Trail Races under his belt.

Opening in a post -» Rebel Without a Cause» late 1950s to the throttles of country drag races, we still hear the ever - present crickets and gravel roads blended with the domestic cues of clinking utensils on dinner plates and the unmistakable cries of screen door springs.

Though inevitably doomed, this outrageous heist makes for a striking cinematic image, like something out of a Kelly Reichardt movie (or perhaps French director Michel Gondry's cabin - on - wheels road movie «Microbe & Gasoline»): a wild - eyed woman with nothing to lose, racing down country roads with her 8 - year - old son in the front seat and a full - scale home fishtailing behind her.

Colin Peck presents the results of his researches into the genre / The Ballot 2LS, part six — Our Publisher continues his review of this landmark Vintage car by describing the example once owned by Ian Connell and now in George Wingard's collection in Eugene, Oregon / Auto - biography: Brian Sewell — In the latest instalment of his series interviewing personalities from the old - car world, Matthew Bell visits art critic Brian Sewell / The 1926 - 27 Grand Prix Talbot - Darracqs, part one — In the first of a three - part series recounting the long careers of these famous racing cars, Simon Moore describes their origins and works competition histories / Back on the Road — Michael Ware visits the Black Country Living Museum in Dudley, West Midlands, to inspect a rare and recently restored 1914 Briton 10/12

But within an hour's drive of this handsome capital city lie both the delicious winding roads of neighboring country Austria and, within Slovakia itself, the Slovakia Ring, a relatively new and impressively gnarly 3.7 - mile race circuit composed of tortuous long - radius corners and straightaways that arrow far into the heat waves.

Jock Manby - Colegrave — Jonathan Wood chronicles the life and 1930s racing career of Jock Manby - Colegrave, whose impressive stable of road and racing cars embraced Aston Martins, supercharged 4 1/2 Litre Bentley, MG K3, Squire and ERA / Fiat's 8001 Turbina — If a country's character defines its cars, perhaps it was inevitable that Italy's first — and so far only — turbine - powered automobile should be a striking high - performance sports car.

Jonathon Wood looks at the popular 1.5 litre line / Cars In My Life — RB (Dick) James explains how a boyhood love of cars became a lifelong obsession / Orient Express — Michael Worthington - Williams tells the incredible tale of one of the barn finds of the century / Country Garage — Alan Marsh's childhood recollections of early motoring days in Somerset / Geoffrey Taylor & The Alta — Anthony Pritchard charts the story of the forgotten car that played a major role in Britain's rise in Grand Prix motor racing / Pure Magic — David Tarallo recalls a remarkable Mille Miglia / Low Life — Guy Griffiths takes an unusual look at motor sport / French Fancy — The Editor takes to the road in a delightful little Peugeot 202 — believed to be the only one on the road in Britain.

Not just because of its length but the elevation changes, constant surface variations as you shift from town to country roads and the fact we run from 30mph and then up to 160mph plus for much of the race.»

1965, November 28 SCCA divisional champions from all over the country assemble at Daytona International Speedway for the American Road Race of Champions.

After five minutes behind the wheel of the uncompromised, raucous WRX STI, we're already coming up with excuses to take it ice racing or to find a snow - packed country road and slide it all winter long.

Mazda Raceway Laguna Seca has provenance, a long history as one of the very best tracks since the beginnings of closed - circuit road racing in this country.

«We want to develop a performance car offering customers enjoyable driving experience not only on a race track, but also on a nice country road,» he said.

At the same time it has lost none of the customary race track - derived qualities when you switch into sport and give it hell on a deserted country road.

Billed as «The toughest one - day off road race in the world,» more than 130 drivers from 31 states and 8 countries competed in the 2014 King of the Hammers.

Expect to see them at the country club racetracks where you drive around a road - racing course (without actually racing).

Corvette Racing Notebook for the 24 Hours of Le Mans Test, June 5, 2005 LE MANS, France — The 24 Hours of Le Mans is road racing's Super Bowl, Olympics and World Cup, all combined in a manic 24 - hour marathon on two - lane country roads in France's Loire VRacing Notebook for the 24 Hours of Le Mans Test, June 5, 2005 LE MANS, France — The 24 Hours of Le Mans is road racing's Super Bowl, Olympics and World Cup, all combined in a manic 24 - hour marathon on two - lane country roads in France's Loire Vracing's Super Bowl, Olympics and World Cup, all combined in a manic 24 - hour marathon on two - lane country roads in France's Loire Valley.

Look forward to an exciting time in your ŠKODA — whether you're going shopping, taking an evening drive down country roads or gearing up for some weekend fun on a racing circuit.

Whether setting lap times around race circuits, engaging the driver on a favourite country road or providing day - to - day comfort, an exceptional engine requires an exceptional transmission.

The 24 Hours of Le Mans is contested on the high - speed 8.5 - mile Circuit des 24 Heures du Mans, which includes portions of the purpose - built Bugatti race circuit and two - lane country roads.

Creekside Edge Off - Road is to Jeep and ATV enthusiasts what country club style race tracks (think VIR or MSR Houston) are to Ferrari owners, except that cost of admission is only about $ 20 for the entire weekend.

With a camera recording, participants sit in the MINI Convertible in front of a green screen as the car races down an imaginary country road.

After the events of the 1955 «24 Heures du Mans», the French government moved to prohibit sports car rallying in that country, rallies then little more than long distance road races.

They are also excellent at dissipating water, important for a car designed to perform equally well on smooth racing circuits or winter country roads.

Racing along a twisty back - country road, the stiff suspension kept all wheels pushed hard down on the pavement, like a centipede as it went over hillocks at speed.

Our tiny car weaved through the country roads like a go cart on a race track.

Situated in the heart of Bengaluru just off the Race Course Road, in close proximity to the lush green Bengaluru Race Course - one of the finest in the country Read More >

The game does give a chance for players to stare in awe at the environment while racing too, due to a number of offroad and cross country races and cross region road trips.

It's no surprise, then, that the series has started to suffer an identity crisis: over the years we've seen Need for Speed transform from a realistic road racer, to an arcade Chase HQ - style cop chaser, to a thoroughbred track racing simulation and everything in - between, incorporating car customisation, drag racing, drift runs and even an epic cross country race throughout its many iterations.

The breezy, freewheeling offshoot of the more rigid and technically intense mainline series, Horizon is all about the open road and emergent moments that come up when you go spinning off country roads during impromptu races.

The Storm Island expansion adds six iconic cars and trucks to the game, including a brand new barn find car, as well as off - road upgrades, 24 new championships including new off - road race modes like Brawl, Rampage, Extreme Cross Country and Gauntlet, additional Bucket List challenges, Xbox Live Achievements, online events, and much more!

Race and explore a beautiful, exotic, and wide - open Southern Europe landscape; from high speed motorways to busy city streets and back - country dirt roads.

The list of tracks has been increased to suit all riders, from GPs and Supermoto tracks, Country and City circuits to Road and Drag races.»

3 of us (myself included) used to drive like madmen, in and out of traffic, constantly at the speed limit, racing away from lights, getting frustrated trying to overtake tractors in the country roads, stressing, a real daily white knuckle ride.

Cape Town, South Africa About Blog Coach Dion is a passionate runner with over 850 Road Race and over 100 Cross Country and Trail Races under his belt.

RunWitMe About - This is a virtual invitation for you to RUN WITH ME in most road races all over my beautiful country, MALAYSIA and also in oversea places that I have visited.

My love of shopping has waned with age and my bank balance, but put me in a Country Road store and my pulse starts to race.